The Unmanned and Autonomous Flight Advisory Committee (UAFAC) was established to provide the FAA Administrator advice on policy- and technical-level issues related to unmanned and autonomous aviation operations and activities, including:

• The safe integration of unmanned aircraft systems and autonomous flight operations into the national airspace system.
  • This includes feedback on:
    • The certification and operational standards of highly automated aircraft, unmanned aircraft, and associated elements of such aircraft.
    • Coordination of procedures for operations in controlled and uncontrolled airspace; and
    • communication protocols.
• The use cases of unmanned aircraft systems, including evaluating and assessing the potential benefits of using unmanned aircraft systems.
• The development of processes and methodologies to address safety concerns related to the operation of unmanned aircraft systems, including risk assessments and mitigation
• strategies.
• Unmanned aircraft system training, education, and workforce development programs, including evaluating aeronautical knowledge gaps in the unmanned aircraft system workforce, assessing the workforce needs of unmanned aircraft system operations, and establishing a strong pipeline to ensure a robust unmanned aircraft system workforce.
• The analysis of unmanned aircraft system data and trends.
• Unmanned aircraft system infrastructure, including the use of existing aviation infrastructure and the development of necessary infrastructure.